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Typhoid fever causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
- Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (Salmonella Typhi).[1][2][3][4][5][6] Salmonella Typhi is a flagellated, facultatively anaerobic, gram negative bacillus that belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family and contains three important antigens: O, H, and Vi.[7]
Causes
Causes
- Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (Salmonella Typhi).[1][2][3][4][5][8]
Serovars
Other Salmonellae which may cause similar symptoms include:
- Salmonella Paratyphi A
- Salmonella Paratyphi B
- Salmonella Paratyphi C
- Salmonella choleraesuis
Features of Salmonella Typhi[9][10][11]
- Gram negative bacillus
- Flagellated
- Facultatively anaerobic
- Three antigens O,H and Vi
- O polysaccharide antigen
- H flagellar antigen
- Vi outer capsular polysaccharide antigen
- Belongs to Enterobacteriaceae family
- Chemotroph
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arndt MB, Mosites EM, Tian M, Forouzanfar MH, Mokhdad AH, Meller M; et al. (2014). “Estimating the burden of paratyphoid a in Asia and Africa”. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 8 (6): e2925. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002925. PMC 4046978. PMID 24901439.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maskey AP, Day JN, Phung QT, Thwaites GE, Campbell JI, Zimmerman M; et al. (2006). “Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A and S. enterica serovar Typhi cause indistinguishable clinical syndromes in Kathmandu, Nepal”. Clin Infect Dis. 42 (9): 1247–53. doi:10.1086/503033. PMID 16586383.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oboegbulam SI, Oguike JU, Gugnani HC (1995). “Microbiological studies on cases diagnosed as typhoid/enteric fever in south-east Nigeria”. J Commun Dis. 27 (2): 97–100. PMID 7499779.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vollaard AM, Ali S, Widjaja S, Asten HA, Visser LG, Surjadi C; et al. (2005). “Identification of typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever cases at presentation in outpatient clinics in Jakarta, Indonesia”. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 99 (6): 440–50. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.09.012. PMID 15837356.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wain J, Hendriksen RS, Mikoleit ML, Keddy KH, Ochiai RL (2015). “Typhoid fever”. Lancet. 385 (9973): 1136–45. PMID [//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25458731
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- ↑ Fàbrega, Anna, and Jordi Vila. “Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium skills to succeed in the host: virulence and regulation.” Clinical microbiology reviews 26.2 (2013): 308-341.
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/typhoid-fever/health-professional.html
- ↑ Fàbrega, Anna, and Jordi Vila. “Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium skills to succeed in the host: virulence and regulation.” Clinical microbiology reviews 26.2 (2013): 308-341.
- ↑ Grossman, Daniel A., et al. “Flagellar serotypes of Salmonella typhi in Indonesia: relationships among motility, invasiveness, and clinical illness.” Journal of Infectious Diseases 171.1 (1995): 212-216.
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